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I have never seen the names of the "eight seats" but looking at the results gives some contenders (seats the Tories lost with Labour having a majority of less than 1,000). I've found what looks like seven of the seats.
South East Derbyshire - maj 873
Heywood and Royton - 816 (Greater Manchester)
Gravesend - 748
Dover and Deal - 418
Preston South - 348
Glasgow Pollock - 296

Only Preston can be described as an aviation sector, perhaps Heywood and Royton at a push. I'm still sceptical though of these claims, nearly all these seats in the 1966 election saw Labour's majority increased to 2-3,000. Preston South remained Labour until 1970.

Julian Amery - the serving Minister of Aviation, was MP for Preston North 1950-66, he held on by just 14 votes in 1964 and lost in 1966 to Labour with a 3% swing against him, Lab majority 2,418.
Not exactly a winning endorsement from the BAC workers of Preston and Warton for his policies....

<blockquote data-quote="Hood" data-source="post: 717801" data-attributes="member: 209">I have never seen the names of the &quot;eight seats&quot; but looking at the results gives some contenders (seats the Tories lost with Labour having a majority of less than 1,000). I've found what looks like seven of the seats.South East Derbyshire - maj 873Heywood and Royton - 816 (Greater Manchester)Gravesend - 748Dover and Deal - 418Preston South - 348Glasgow Pollock - 296Only Preston can be described as an aviation sector, perhaps Heywood and Royton at a push. I'm still sceptical though of these claims, nearly all these seats in the 1966 election saw Labour's majority increased to 2-3,000. Preston South remained Labour until 1970.Julian Amery - the serving Minister of Aviation, was MP for Preston North 1950-66, he held on by just 14 votes in 1964 and lost in 1966 to Labour with a 3% swing against him, Lab majority 2,418.Not exactly a winning endorsement from the BAC workers of Preston and Warton for his policies....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hood, post: 717801, member: 209"] I have never seen the names of the "eight seats" but looking at the results gives some contenders (seats the Tories lost with Labour having a majority of less than 1,000). I've found what looks like seven of the seats. South East Derbyshire - maj 873 Heywood and Royton - 816 (Greater Manchester) Gravesend - 748 Dover and Deal - 418 Preston South - 348 Glasgow Pollock - 296 Only Preston can be described as an aviation sector, perhaps Heywood and Royton at a push. I'm still sceptical though of these claims, nearly all these seats in the 1966 election saw Labour's majority increased to 2-3,000. Preston South remained Labour until 1970. Julian Amery - the serving Minister of Aviation, was MP for Preston North 1950-66, he held on by just 14 votes in 1964 and lost in 1966 to Labour with a 3% swing against him, Lab majority 2,418. Not exactly a winning endorsement from the BAC workers of Preston and Warton for his policies.... [/QUOTE]

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